This week has been an interesting one as it brought the issue of race to the surface of campus conversations. Along with those issues, something else was brought to my attention and it was the concept of willful ignorance, but not in the traditional sense. After Wednesday’s chapel in which President Schubert addressed the difficulty Christians ... [Read More…]
DFW-area teens behind hit mannequin-head videos
The masterminds behind the viral mannequin-head dance videos have stepped out from under the styrofoam and into an internet spotlight. Best friends Tina Tobias, a 17-year-old from Flower Mound, and Addie Foster, a 16-year-old from Denton, began uploading videos to their shared YouTube channel TINADDIE this past summer. The girls’ first ... [Read More…]
I’m playing the race card and here’s why
I will be voting for Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8 because I feel that a vote for Donald Trump would be a vote for a less safe and tolerant America. For the entirety of his campaign, he’s attacked subgroup after subgroup of Americans. As an American of Mexican heritage, I have felt the sting of his remarks and fear his comments will harbor more ... [Read More…]
Freshman class to have two Sing Song acts
This year’s freshman class will face off at Sing Song as the class will be divided into two acts for the third year in a row. The directors of the dueling acts have already been selected. The Freshman Purple group’s directors are Sloan Polvado, freshman marketing major from Houston, and Weston Weast, freshman music major from Oklahoma City, ... [Read More…]
Women in Technology conference gives real-world perspectives
Last Friday and Saturday, female students gathered at the Women in Technology conference to hear from alumni and industry professionals about their experience in the tech world as women. Speakers at the event included 2011 graduate Kendall Lundschen, 2015 graduate Natalie Lemieux, Jeanette Schofield, software developer at WolfePak Software and ... [Read More…]
What you can learn from Donald Trump’s video
The shot heard around the world last week was when the Washington Post released a video from a 2005 Access Hollywood taping in which a hot mic captured Donald Trump objectifying actress Arianne Zucker and disclosing that he may have committed sexual assault. The second shot heard around the world was when he dismissed his comments as “locker ... [Read More…]
Sing Song 2017 hosts and hostesses announced
After multiple rounds of auditions and callbacks, Student Productions has selected hosts and hostesses for Sing Song 2017. The hosts and hostesses are: Teonna Murphy, junior vocal performance major from Houston. Courtney Eubank, junior vocal performance major from Phoenix, AZ. Shelby Werderich, junior marketing major from Spring. Ross ... [Read More…]
Replicas of Jacob’s Dream sold to commemorate sculpture’s 10th anniversary
Small-scale replicas of Jacob’s Dream are being sold to commemorate the sculpture’s 10 year anniversary. The 28 inch tall bronze sculptures can be ordered through the campus store and cost $2,600. The replicas take 12-14 weeks to be made and are produced at a foundry in Bastrop. Jack Maxwell, sculptor of Jacob’s Dream and professor of art ... [Read More…]
The buck(et) hat stops here
Jelly shoes, fanny packs and overalls. 90s fashion trends are in full resurgence in 2016 but there is one item of clothing that should not be allowed to make the twenty-year trek into the 21st century: bucket hats. Bucket hats are like a fourth cousin on your mom’s side; you vaguely remember seeing them throughout your childhood, but if you ran ... [Read More…]
Tutoring made available to all students
Changes to the university’s tutoring program criteria has made free, one-on-one tutoring available to all students. Tutors are available on the main floor of the Brown library Monday-Thursday from 4-9 p.m. and Fridays from 4-7 p.m. Tutors can be identified by their bright blue shirts and orange signs that read "available for tutoring". For more ... [Read More…]
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